A Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority officer is on paid administrative leave after being arrested three times in two days, sources told WCVB on Monday.

Police in Salem, New Hampshire said they were called to a Meadow Lane home for an unwanted person on Saturday around 11 p.m. The first police officers who arrived at the scene learned the man, who was identified as David Jaime, 29, of Methuen, Massachusetts, fled the scene in a black SUV after hitting several vehicles.

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Guests at the party said he had also assaulted a female before he left.

Police said they found the vehicle in the parking lot of a bank, and damaged the drive-through canopy and cement poles that were protecting propane tanks to the building.

While officers were investigating, a person fitting Jaime's description was spotted running from the woods adjacent to the bank and then directly into the side of a police cruiser. Police said then Jaime started to flee, on foot, from officers.

Jaime was arrested after a short chase and brief struggle, police said, and he was brought to the Salem Police Department and was examined by Salem Fire Department medics before being taken to Parkland Medical Center in Derry, where he was treated for injuries sustained in the crash and the fight at the party.

He was released from the hospital the next day.

During the investigation, police said it was discovered that Jaime assaulted a woman while he was at the party resulting injuries to her face, head, throat and arms. She was brought to a hospital where she was treated and released.

Because of the assault and previous relationship between the unidentified woman and Jaime, police issued an Emergency Domestic Violence Protective Order with the assistance of the Methuen Police Department.

Jaime was charged with driving under the influence, conduct after an accident, resisting arrest, criminal trespass and simple domestic assault. He posted bail while in the hospital and will be arraigned on Aug. 11.

Methuen police said Jaime was arrested again on Monday morning in violation of a restraining order. He was arraigned in Lawrence District Court and then released.

Police said he then showed back up in Salem, where he was arrested again and charged with stalking. Jaime will appear in Salem District Court on Tuesday.

MBTA officials said Jaime has been with the department since August 2008, and has been placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation.